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A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946)
Blackie runs into a woman he formally loved who now is married with a kid. When her husband gets out of prison he's killed in Blackie's apartment and of course the police thing Blackie pulled the trigger. Blackie must set out to prove his innocence as well as capture the real killers.
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Blackie runs into a woman he formally loved who now is married with a kid. When her husband gets out of prison he's killed in Blackie's apartment and of course the police thing Blackie pulled the trigger. Blackie must set out to prove his innocence as well as capture the real killers.
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Genre:Crime, Mystery
Written By:Jack Boyle, Ben Markson
In Theaters:1/24/1946
Box Office:
Runtime:60 minutes
Studio:Columbia Pictures
Cast
Lew Landers
Director
Chester Morris
Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black / Cyrus Peyton
Lynn Merrick
Geraldine 'Gerry' Peyton
Richard Lane
Inspector Farraday
Frank Sully
Sgt. Matthews
George E. Stone
The Runt
Claire Carleton
Mamie Kirwin
Russell Hicks
Attorney Harcourt (uncredited)
Charles Lane
Hack Hagen (uncredited)
Erik Rolf
Smiley Slade (uncredited)
John Tyrrell
Policeman (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
Coroner (uncredited)
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